The Temples of Angkor

The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap. Angkor was once the capital of the Ancient Khmer Empire. It was founded around the 9th century AD and reached its peak in the 12th century. The entire city of Angkor was abandoned and rediscovered this century and a tour through the jungle to visit what the locals used to call "temples built by gods or by giants." is the experience of a lifetime.

Many of the temples and best viewed at different times of the day due to their geographical orientation and the angle of the sun.

Prasat Preah Vihear

Preah Vihear Temple is a Hindu temple built during the reign of Khmer Empire, that is situated atop a 525-metre cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province, Cambodia.Construction of the first temple on the site began in the early 9th century; both then and in the following centuries it was dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva in his manifestations as the mountain gods Sikharesvara and Bhadresvara. The temple complex runs 800 m (2,600 ft) along a north-south axis facing the plains to the north, from which it is now cut off by the international border.In modern times, Prasat Preah Vihear was rediscovered by the outside world and became subject of an international dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.

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